PHIL4406 Study Guide - Final Guide: Inductive Reasoning

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In this paper, i will argue that while hume provides a strong argument against induction, his skeptical solution almost disregards what he took the time to prove and weakens the importance of the original argument. First, i will reconstruct hume"s skeptical argument against induction, showing how hume proves that knowledge concluded by inductive reasoning is ultimately unjustifiable because of the nature of this type of reasoning. Next, i will present the skeptical solution hume offers in response to his conclusions. Then i will briefly explain how that skeptical solution might be objected to because it concedes the argument. Finally, i will draw my own conclusions and explain why i think hume"s right in both his conclusion on inductive reasoning and his solution. I will now begin with recreating hume"s skeptical argument against induction. Hume starts off by giving us the simple premise, all objects of inquiry are either relations of ideas or matters of fact (336).